Electric-light bracket.



G. W. LUCAS.

ELECTRIC LIGHT BRACKET.

APPLICATION rum) mum. 1914.

1,107,81 1 Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

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ELECTRIC-LIGHT BRACKET.

To aZZtufiom it may concern:

Be .it known that I, CLARENCE W: LnoAs,

f a citizen of the 'United States, residing at bracket suppo-rt of simple design that may within the bracket post.

.and the frames 10 and Decatur, in the county of Macon and State of l.llinois,ihave invented new and useful Improvements in Electric-Light Brackets, of which the following is a specification,

This invention relates to electric light fixtures, particularly to such as are designed for temporary attachment to a bed, dresser, chair, or other article of furniture to concentrate the light, and which are capable of adjustment in a vertical and horizontal di rection through an extensive range for the purpose of positioning the light most advantageously for the person using 1t.

The ob ect of the invention is to provide a be quickly and easily clamped on the post or horizontal rail of a bedstead or other ar ti-cle of furniture, and with which bracket the curved arm of an electric light fixture is adapted to engage in such manner that it maybe swung horizontallyto adjust the same laterally, or by moving the arm bodily the vertical position of the light may be altered.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspectlve view of the .devlce 1n lts preferred form applied to a verticalbecb Fig. 2 is a side view of the fixture. Fig. 3 is a view of the fixture applied to a horizontal bar. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the supporting bracket with the parts separated. Fig. 5 is a perspective View of a modified form of the .bracke In the drawings, the supporting bracket 10 may be square, as shown, and made of two V-shaped frames 11 and 12, the ends of each of which are bent outward in. a plane to form feet 13; or the bracket maybe annular 11 semi-circular. The shape of the bracket is immaterial and may be of any desired form. In the frame 11 are two slots 14 cut into the edge of said frame just back of the feet 13, and partway through the same. Similar slots 15 are cut into the member 12 onthe opposite side so that said frames as in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the slots 14 and 15 thumb-screw Specificationof Letters Patent. Application filed March a, 1914.

join when placed together CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

Serial no. 822,044.

screwed tight bears firmly against the post and clamps the bracket 10 thereto.

- spherical form connected through a neck to the frame 12. Through the head 19 are formed two perforations20 and 21 at right angles to each other, their axes lying in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the bracket 10. i

An electric light fixture comprising a tubular arm 22 supporting at one end an.

701! the segment of a circle is supported by a :the head 19, thccurved portion 24 of the electric light 23 andibent at its other end 24 in arm sliding freely through one or the wother ofthe perforations 20, 2].. i The arm moves freely through the perforation and may be swung horizontally to adjust the light latorally, through the head 19. whenverticaladjustment willremain wherever-placed, its own weight perforationor eye, or it may be fixed after proper adjustment has been obtained by means of a thumb, screw 25 threaded tln'ough "an opening in the head 19 and bearing against the arm. 22.

Tu applying the bracket to a bed-post, the thumb-screw 16 is backed sufficiently far to permit the frame 11 being placed against the post, after which the frame 12 is brought against the opposite side of the post above the frame 11 and lowered thereon until the notches 14, 15, inter-engage, thereby uniting the two members of the bracket. The screw 16 is then tightened until the bracket has been clamped firmly to a bed-post. The curved portion 24 of the arm 22 is then passed through the perforation 20 in the head 19 and the light adjusted as desired. The current for supplying light will pass by means of wires through the arm 22. If the bracket is to be supported on a horizontal rail, as in Fig. 3, instead of a vertical post as in Fig. 1, the arm 22 of the fixture will pass through the perforation 21 in the head 19, the thumb-screw 25 serving to secure the arm 22 whether carried in the perforation 20 or 21. When the fixture is to post, shelf or other object made of woo a or the curved portion 24L1may slide of thelight is required. Thearm22 8O clampingfthe curved portion thereof in the be supported b a.

Patented Aug. 18,1914.

gular bend 17 of. the frame 11 and whenl i bracket such as shown in Fig. 5 may be employed. Here two sections 26, 27 having fingers 28, 29, respectively, are drawn together by a screw 30 to cause said fingers to grip the post or other object, From the finger 19 a head 31, similar to the head 19v is provided with right-angle perforations 20, 21, for the arm 22. This bracket may be raised and lowered on the vertical post, or moved longitudinally of its support if the latter is in 'a horizontal position, and has substantially all of the adjustments found in the preferred form.

VJhat'l claim as new is,

1'. An electric light fixture comprising a two-part bracket, said parts having hookedshape terminal ends that cooperatively interlock around an article of furniture to which said bracket is adapted to be remov ably attached, a clamping screw threaded in one of said parts for fixing saidbrack et in place, and a head on the other part through which are formed two intersecting perforations at right angles to each other, andia'e bent arm having an electric light on one end adapted to engage by its other end with either of said perforations and be moved freely therein for adjustment, the weight of the overhanging arm serving to maintain the same in its position of ad ustment.

2. An electric light fixture comprising a bracket formed of two interengaging mem bers having slotted ends that interlock with each other, a clamping screw threaded through one of said members for supporting the bracket upon a piece offurniture, and a head projecting from the other member hav- 5:) angles to each other.

8. An electric light fixture comprising a bracket formed of two interengaging members, each "of said members having a notch cut into one edge of each of its ends, the notches of one member being on the side opposite those of the other member and adapted tointerlock to hold said members together, means on one member for fastenin two-perforations formed therein at right ing the interlocking members of the bracket to an article of furniture, and means on the other member for adjustably attaching an electric light thereto.

A bracket for supporting an electric light fixture to an article of furniture comprising two separable members, each of said members havinga notch near each of its ends ex ending in from one edge thereof, the notches in the respective members being on opposite sides to permit the ends of the members to engage and interlock abouta portion of an article of furniture, a clamping screw threaded in one member for securing the bracket to an article of fruniture, and a head with cruciform perforations projecting from the other member, either of said perforations adapted to receive an electric light fixture.

in testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

I CLARENCE W. LUCAS. Witnesses i E. L. SroUTENBonoUerr, HARRY I-lownnsrrnn;

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